See competition website for full list of prizes, style categories, and drop-off locations (QR code / website link included below). All entries MUST be registered via the website.

https://state2023.nswhomebrewing.org/

Judges and stewards are also encouraged to register via the website .
Closing date for entries is Saturday 9 September 2023 at most drop-off locations (please check website for full list of drop-off locations and closing dates).

Entrants placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in each category qualify for the Australian Amateur
Brewing Championship to be held in Adelaide.

NSW State Homebrew Competition

Thank you for your interest in the NSW State Homebrew Competition organized by NSW Homebrewing Association, NSW.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

Entry Registration is Open:

57 entries have been added to the system as of 12:30, AEST, Wednesday 16 August, 2023. There is a limit of 500 entries for this competition.

6 paid entries are in the system as of 12:30, AEST, Wednesday 16 August, 2023. There is a limit of 500 paid entries for this competition.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

Judge and Steward Registration is Open
If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.

If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.

Rules:

This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 18 or older.

All mailed entries must be received at the shipping location by the deadline - please allow for shipping time. All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline.

All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.)

The competition organisers are not responsible for entries entered into the wrong style, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The consensus of the scores will be used to rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers are not limited to the number of entries per category but may only enter each style once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories and reallocate prizes based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

In the event of tied scores in determining the first three places, this will be resolved either by the judging panel during judging or using a progressive countback until the tie is resolved based on:

a) highest score for Overall Impression;

b) highest score for Flavour;

c) lowest range of individual judge scores (smallest spread of scores across panel);

d) the judging panel will be requested to resolve the tie.

The Best of Show will be determined by the highest scoring beer.

Entry Acceptance Rules
Number of Containers Required Per Entry: 1

Each entry will consist of capped/corked bottles or cans that are devoid of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed but must be blacked out completely.

Each entry must consist of a single container of at least 500ml in volume (or two smaller containers to make up at least 500ml) Cans and bottles, glass or plastic are acceptable. Swing top bottles, corked bottles and carbonation caps are also acceptable. Containers should not have any unique identifying features other than possibly a batch code.

Bottles and cans will not be returned to contest entrants.

Printed labels must be submitted with each entry and can be printed directly from this website (see printer symbol next to the entry in your entries table.) Entry labels should be attached to bottles/cans.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

Payment for entry is via PayPal, with credit/debit card or PayPal balance, entrant pays transaction surcharge.

Competition Officials
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

Dion Barls — Sponsorship Coordinator
Simon Haynes — Website Issues
Stuart Upton — Competition Organiser

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